Guardian News published this video item, entitled “Johnson compares himself to Roman dictator in speech hinting at comeback” – below is their description.
Boris Johnson has given his final address as prime minister in front of 10 Downing Street. The ‘baton will be handed over’, said Johnson, adding that his tenure in office had ‘unexpectedly turned out to be a relay race – they changed the rules halfway through’. Johnson likened himself to Cincinnatus, a figure who ‘returned to his plough’, apparently suggesting he would return quietly to the backbenches. Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus is said to have left Rome for a bucolic existence on his farm, but was later called to return to Rome and lead as a dictator. Johnson is due to meet the Queen at Balmoral in Scotland before he is succeeded as prime minister by Liz Truss
‘We will come out stronger’: Boris Johnson delivers farewell speech in Downing Street
Boris Johnson likens himself to Roman who returned as dictator
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